Open Question: Need help Appalachian trail!?

Hi I am a junior in high school I have a year and a half to prepare for a thru hike on the Appalachian trail. I want to do a thru hike and document it as I go. I need advise for equipment, and all other advise you could give me. I will be using a Sony nex 5 camera to document it

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